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Feast your eyes on the powerplant for the all-new Motion Camaro set to debut at SEMA.

You read in Hemmings e-Weekly months ago that Mr. Motion, Joel Rosen, is back and producing a dozen high-performance 1969 Camaro Super Coupes which recall the glory days of his Motion Camaros, built on Long Island, New York. The new car will debut at SEMA in Las Vegas in less than three weeks, but to whet your appetite, we have some more detailed information about its powerplant.
The new Camaro features an all-aluminum 700hp Merlin/Motion big-block built by Bill Mitchell. This blueprinted and dyno-tuned 540-cu.in. V-8 has a World Products aluminum block with a 4.50-inch bore, 4.25-inch stroke and
4.840-inch bore spacing. Other high-quality internals include Eagle 6.535-inch H-beam connecting rods, forged crank and 10:1 compression forged pistons. The roller-cammed engine also features Cross Ram fuel injection custom-built by Jim Kinsler. The cylinder heads are topped off with polished alloy MOTION-badged rocker arm covers, and Rosen is throwing in some yet undisclosed NOS parts.
Backing up this monster will be a specially prepared Tremec TKO five-speed and fully independent rear with a Dana 44 posi unit. Hardened steel, high-torque axles are included. The four-wheel independent suspension will have polished unequal-length control arms, toe-in control links, fully adjustable coil-over shocks and anti-roll bars. Topping this off is rack-and-pinion steering, said Martyn L. Schoor, who handles Rosen’s public relations.

(This post originally appeared in the October 13, 2005, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)